"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving..." - Quote by Alan Watts

“For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.”

“A chest of gold coins or a fat wallet of bills is of no usewhatsoever to a wrecked sailor alone on a raft.”

“The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever.”

“That is the optimal creative vantage point: To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation-with no feeling of impatience, doubt, or unworthiness hindering the receiving of it-that is the Science of Deliberate Creation at its best.”

“Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.”

“We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.”

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.”

“It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)”

“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too.”